The Government are consulting on their planned changes to settlement in the UK, known as “earned settlement”. Members of the public and organisations have the opportunity to have a say by filling out an online consultation.
Manchester Community Central have collated guides and resources from members in our GM Sanctuary Seekers Network, designed to support you to respond to the consultation. Please note that these are guides only, and you should respond in a way that feels right for you. The consultation closes 12th February 2026.
You can respond to the consultation here.
You can download a Word document with all the consultation questions here. It is recommended that you plan out your response in a separate document before directly filling in the online form.
Guides and Resources:
- GMIAU have put together a blog explaining what the consultation is, why it is important to respond, and some advice around what to include in responses. View this guide here.
- Praxis have released a guide, with key information and guidance around how you could respond to each question. View this guide here and PDF below. They also have a blog explainer here.
- A group of organisations from the migration justice sector have produced a guide for responding to the consultation questions. You can view this here and via the PDF below.
- Right to Remain have released a blog explaining the consultation. View this blog here.
General Information
- This consultation is your opportunity to feed back on the Government’ s proposed changes to settlement in the UK (also known as Indefinite Leave to Remain).
- The format of this consultation is an online form. The questions are in English and there is not a translation function.
- It is recommended that you plan out your responses in a separate document before completing the real online form. This is to avoid accidentally submitting incomplete forms because you cannot save your responses/ return to questions. You can only complete the form once.
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The consultation is long and some questions are worded in a confusing way. You must respond to all questions to complete the consultation, but it is okay to answer with 'don’t know/prefer not to say' if you are unsure about any.
Be in touch with emily.mckinnell@macc.org.uk for any further information.